The Finish The Killing of Osama bin Laden,  explained in 2012, The major dissenters were Biden and Gates, and before the raid was launched, Gates would change his mind.. ..…

According to Nafeez Ahmed Medium, the leaked document reveals that in with Gulf states and Turkey, West sponsored violent Islamist groups to destabilize Assad, despite anticipating that doing so could lead to the emergence of ' Islamic State Iraq and Syria .. ..…

Now that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of IS, has been eliminated, there is great of joy and relief in the US and West. ..…

October agreements with Ankara by the US and Russia OK'd Erdogan's Syria — on the pretext protecting Turkish security, combatting terrorism, and concern for Syrian refugees, ignoring his revanchist aims.. ..…

Kurdish supporters of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan celebrate after the closing of ballot boxes during the parliamentary elections Kirkuk, Iraq, May 12, 2018.. ..…

The United States is doing none of that in Afghanistan, because, as far as we can tell, General Votel and all too many others at the Pentagon believe that “Islam is a religion of peace” and not the real enemy. . ..…

Dan Coats, Sue Gordon, following him out the door. ..…

“Jerry” Boykin, an anti-Muslim activist and former Pentagon official, explained in 2010 that since Islam is “a totalitarian way of life,” it “should not be protected under the First Amendment.” . ..…

DUBAI WASHINGTON - Iran said on Monday it would soon breach limits on how much enriched uranium it can stockpile under agreement rejected by United States, of contention with Washington. ..…

And that's not counting the dozens of other countries whose sophisticated, first-world economies tremble at every hiccup in Hormuz, the choke-point through. ..…

In May without congressional approval, Pompeo directed State Department to complete the notification of 22 pending arms transfers to Jordan, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia totaling $8.1 billion to Iranian aggression and build partner self-defense capacity ... ..…

Disinterest does not stop at the Pentagon alone. The Trump administration's National Strategy for Counterterrorism 2018 report described the principal terrorist focus as radical Islam but said little about the emergence of far-right nationalism — and nothing about the threat it posed to..…

TEHRAN - Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi, in letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, cautioned against US in Middle East, reminding that his country will exercise its inherent right to self-defense in case war is imposed.. ..…

Iran has no bomb, does not want one, and called or Middle East numerous times — Israel the nuclear armed and in the region, its nuke development aided and supported by US.. ..…

WASHINGTON — The U.S decision to surge carrier strike group and Air Force bombers to Middle East was based on Iranian threats to U.S military forces and civilians at multiple locations in the region, according to U.S officials and defense official.. ..…

Washington White House decision to dispatch carrier and other military resources to send message to Iran followed clear indications that Iranian and Iranian proxy forces were preparing to attack U.S forces in the region, Associated Press.. ..…

let me explicitly those 290 children, women, and men who were killed Sri Lanka this past Easter Sunday were murdered by Islamic extremists, simply because they were Christians.. ..…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned on Tuesday that Americans face dire consequences if immediate steps are not taken to mitigate the effects of climate change... ..…

Eventually both sides struck Iran nuclear deal, Barack Obama's crowning achievement, maybe 15. ..…

And the group pose threats elsewhere, Afghanistan, West Africa and Philippines ( Written by Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Helene Cooper and Alissa J. ..…

But United States and its partners still face significant battles against the terrorist group, its affiliates and other networks that are less aligned with it elsewhere, Afghanistan, West Africa and Philippines.. ..…

BEIRUT - U.S.-backed fighters say they have captured Islamic State's last shred of ground Syria - and while its era of territorial rule may be over for now, there is near agreement that IS remains threat... ..…

The popular narrative posits that Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network, Washington's former mujahideen allies, turned on West after the US stationed hundreds of thousands of infidel troops Saudi Arabia home to two out of three of Sunni Islam's holiest sites during Operation Desert Shield in..…

DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria - U.S.-backed Syrian forces were close to defeating Islamic State in its final scrap of territory at Baghouz Syria. ..…

The attack, one of the deadliest was the clearest sign yet that the war is not over... ..…

State of Union address is chance for the president to deliver his vision and policy priorities — and sometimes exaggerate or outright misstate his accomplishments and the reasons for taking policy actions... ..…

President Trump and his establishment are celebrating Pentagon's assassination, this one killing Jamel Ahmed Ali Al-Badawi, during refueling stop Yemen, October 2000. ..…

Mattis confirmed May Washington's resolve to annihilate ISIS-Daesh terrorists. ..…

He has complained bitterly, both in and private meetings with aides, about the suite of permanent wars that Pentagon has been fighting for many years across Greater Middle East and Africa, and about deployments and commitments to South Korea and NATO. ..…

Rumsfeld played down yesterday that Shiite Muslims would rise while once again warning Iran not to in the creation of Baghdad.. ..…

I was struck by how he wanted to use this audience and this opportunity to reject some of the key tenets of multilateralism, said Dafna Rand, State Department official. ..…

“Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah,” Bush said not long after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with hijacked planes. “The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack..…

Reuters report has confirmed that Shiite militias aligned with Iranian and the terror group Hezbollah are actively participating in the liberation of Mosul, Iraq, from Islamic State, following repeated denials from Pentagon.. ..…

Islamic State's grip over Libyan of Sirte, has been reduced to three neighborhoods, according to Pentagon.. ..…

The White House has granted Pentagon authority to take action against Islamic State Afghanistan called Khorasan Province, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed Obama administration officials.. ..…

While ISIS publishes polished videos and Fortune 500-quality annual reports glorifying their acts of violence, U.S has spent years rearranging the deck chairs overseeing pro- American messaging  . ..…

John McCain, arguably one of the severest critics of President Obama's policy, says he's prepared to give the president wide berth in pursuing the war against ISIS jihadists Syria and Iraq as part of new war powers authority that Congress is now certain to approve either later this month or early next year..…